VMWare and Linux on MBA

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I've tried creating 2 Linux VMs (Fedora and Ubuntu) but in both cases I get an error involving desktop environments. With Fedora, when the VM loads, I get a message saying Gnome 3 failed to load, and with Ubuntu I get a message saying I do not have the resources for Unity. Anyone experience this issue or know how to fix it? With both distros I went with what VMWare recommended.

 

[bp1000]

I've tried creating 2 Linux VMs (Fedora and Ubuntu) but in both cases I get an error involving desktop environments. With Fedora, when the VM loads, I get a message saying Gnome 3 failed to load, and with Ubuntu I get a message saying I do not have the resources for Unity. Anyone experience this issue or know how to fix it? With both distros I went with what VMWare recommended.

Perhaps it is the sandy bridge graphics?

Doesn't unity need 3d acceleration to work fully? Perhaps vmware doesn't fully support this pass through of sandy bridge cpu's yet. Not 100% sure, just a guess.

I use virtual box and i know that 3d pass through is a tick option and you can choose to allocate a certain amount of video memory too. So if you have 3d pass through etc make sure it is ticked.

 

[2Cheap2Switch]

One solution for Ubuntu

Tried this out and it works, although you have to use Unity 2D instead of 3D

http://petebarrwatson.com/2011/05/19/ubuntu-11-04-unity-vmware-fusion/